Ivanrest Church
Monday, September 06, 2010

Start> Becoming a Good Samaritan

In light of Jesus command to love our neighbors, how will you start becoming a Good Samaritan?  Read a book, surf the web, volunteer in your community.

Read a Book

The Hole in Our Gospel - Richard Stearns

Same Kind of Different as Me - Ron Hall

There Is No Me Without You - Melissa Fay Greene

Under the Overpass - Michael Yankoski

My Business, My Mission - Doug Seeback

 

Surf the Web

www.crwrc.org (Christian Reformed World Relief Committee)

http://www.crcna.org/pages/justice.cfm (CRC Office of Social Justice)

www.worldvision.org

www.endmalaria.org

www.ijm.org (International Justice Mission)

www.polarisproject.org (Human trafficking)

www.freetheslaves.net (Human trafficking)

www.kiva.org (Microfinance lending to alleviate poverty)

www.bread.org (Bread for the World)

 

Volunteer in your Community

Check back often.  New opportunities are being added weekly.
 
Family Promise (Parent organization for IHN)
Mission: To assist those in poverty by removing barriers and building relationships that cultivate self-sufficiency.
 
Opportunities:
  • Help with IHN at our church
  • Mentor a family moving from homelessness to a home (See Carole Pettijohn for detailed information.)
Misson - To provide low cost or free medical care and education to the economically disadvantaged.
 

Opportunities:

  • Use your skills as a doctor, physician's assistant or nurse practitioner
Mission - To show compassion to families facing unplanned pregnancy and to seek mercy for the unborn.
 

Opportunities:

  • Mentor a mom or child
  • Help with office tasks
  • Assist with building maintenance
  • Mentor someone getting their GED
Mission: To empower women, promote diversity and advocate for justice and equality
 
Opportunities:
  • Read bedtime stories to children
  • Bake cookies with residents
  • Tutor children
  • Teach financial strategies to clients
  • Staff crisis telephone line (training provided)
  • Provide childcare while moms attend support group
Mission: To manifest the love and compassion of Jesus by protecting the lives of children and families.
 
Opportunities:
  • Help plan a special event
  • Assist with office tasks
  • Mentor a child in foster care
  • Adopt a child
Mission: To transform the lives of children in need through loving connections.
 
Opportunities:
  • Mentor a child whose parent is incarcerated
  • Mentor a pregnant or parenting teen
  • Assist with landscaping
  • Become a foster parent
  • Create a photo album for a child waiting for adoption
  • Assemble a care bag for a new mom and baby
Mission: To provide a healing community that allows broken individuals to discover new life in Christ.
 
Opportunities (men only):
  • Mentor a client
  • Assist men in the area of professional development, resume writing, etc.
  • Equip men with skills in finance, computers, etc.
Mission: Restoring lives and rebuilding families in Jesus' name.
 
Opportunities:
  • Serve as a mechanic
  • Use building skills to help with remodling
  • Sort donations
  • Mentor a client
Mission: To create, find and support programs that directly improve the well-being of children.
 
Opportunities:
  • Prepare meals for families
  • Host a movie and pizza night
  • Clean and oraganize the kitchen or play areas
  • Transport guests to and from hospitals
  • Bake cookies for the guests
Mission: To reflect the love of Christ to all who come through our doors.
 
Opportunities:
  • Serve in the dining room
  • Organize an outing for clients
  • Answer phones
  • Work with clients in the Life Enrichment Center
Misson: To improve the health of the communities served.
 
Opportunities
  • Unlimited Options - Check the website
Mission: To ensure learning for all students so they will be prepared to live in the world.
 
Opportunities:
  • Mentor a child
  • Tutor a child
Mission: To disciple people in prison with the Word of God
 
Opportunities:
  • Become an instructor (Training provided)
  • Assist with office tasks
Mission: To walk alongside urban families as they grow spiritually, relationally and economically.
 
Opportunities:
  • Work in the food bank
  • Help with facility maintenance
  • Mentor a child, teen, woman or man
Mission: To teach strategies for work and skills for life.
 
Opportunities:
  • Serve as a resume coach
  • Teach a computer class
  • Mentor a woman
  • Staff the Working Woman's Clothes Closet
Mission: To help people affected by crime experience justice, mercy and healing.
 
Opportunities:
  • Write letters to an incarcerated individual
  • Mentor a child whose parent is incarcerated
  • Work in a garden alongside women in rehab
  • Create hygiene care packages
Mission: Affordable housing, strong families, vibrant communities.
 
Opportunities:
  • Assist with home construction
  • Take a family to church
  • Teach a class
  • Work on landscaping
  • Tutor or mentor
  • Adopt a family
  • Adopt an apartment
Mission: To serve the greater Wyoming area by offering food, resources and services.
 
Opportunities:
  • Help with donation pick up
  • Stock the pantry
  • Serve as a greeter
  • Sort food
 

 

 

 

 

 

To suggest a book, website or volunteer opportunity, email adultmin@ivanrestcrc.org.